Psychology Core Studies - Piliavin
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- Piliavin
- Aim
- To investigate factors affecting bystander behaviour
- Background
- Scientist studying Good Samaritanism since Kitty Genovese murder
- Method/Design
- Field experiment
- Train from Harlem to Bronx
- A and D trains of 8th street New York Subway did not stop between 59th and 125th street
- 7 1/2 minute journey
- Variables
- IV
- Type of victim (cane or drunk)
- Race of victim
- Effect of model or no model
- Size of witnessing group
- DV
- Sex of helper
- Race of helper
- Speed of help
- Frequency of help
- Verbal comments of bystanders
- IV
- Sample
- 4,450 people who used the NY subway on weekdays between 11am and 3pm between April 15 and June 26, 1968
- 45% black, 55% white
- Opportunity sample
- Procedure
- 4 teams of 4 researchers
- Models all male
- 4 model conditions
- Critical area early (70s)
- Critical area late - 150s
- Adjacent area early
- Adjacent area early
- Victim near pole, 70s staggered forward
- Victims all male
- No help received when train stops, model helps
- Results
- Cane victim received help 95% of time, drunk 50%
- Overall 100% help for cane victim, 81% for drunk
- Slight tendency for same race helping
- Conclusions
- Individual who appears ill more likely to receive help than one who appears drunk
- Men more likely to help male victim than women
- People likely to help those of same race
- Aim
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